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fix(task): stop retrying a persistently failing stream forever
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58 changes: 44 additions & 14 deletions src/core/task/Task.ts
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} from "./run-state/runStateDivergence"

const MAX_EXPONENTIAL_BACKOFF_SECONDS = 600 // 10 minutes
// Consecutive mid-stream failures retried automatically before the user is asked.
const MAX_MID_STREAM_AUTO_RETRIES = 5
const DEFAULT_USAGE_COLLECTION_TIMEOUT_MS = 5000 // 5 seconds
// Upper bound on awaiting lazily loaded model metadata. Some model-catalog
// fetchers (e.g. OpenRouter's bare axios GET) have no request timeout, so a
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userContent: Anthropic.Messages.ContentBlockParam[]
includeFileDetails: boolean
retryAttempt?: number
// Automatic retries of a mid-stream failure. Kept apart from `retryAttempt`, which also
// tells shouldAddUserMessageToHistory that the user message is already in history.
midStreamAutoRetries?: number
userMessageWasRemoved?: boolean // Track if user message was removed due to empty response
}

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})
continue
} else {
const stateForBackoff = await this.providerRef.deref()?.getState()

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const midStreamRetryAttempt = currentItem.midStreamAutoRetries ?? 0

// Without auto-approval, or once automatic retries are exhausted, a
// persistently failing stream (e.g. an upstream idle timeout) would
// otherwise be re-requested forever. Let the user decide instead.
if (
!stateForBackoff?.autoApprovalEnabled ||

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midStreamRetryAttempt >= MAX_MID_STREAM_AUTO_RETRIES
) {
const { response } = await this.ask("api_req_failed", rawErrorMessage)

if (response !== "yesButtonClicked") {
throw new Error("API request failed")
}

await this.say("api_req_retried")

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// The user message is already in history, so keep the history attempt positive
// and only reset the automatic-retry count.
stack.push({
userContent: currentUserContent,
includeFileDetails: false,

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retryAttempt: (currentItem.retryAttempt ?? 0) + 1,

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Major · Stability & Availability · Quick win

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Track context-window retries separately from history attempts.

After five automatic mid-stream retries, the approval path pushes retryAttempt as 6. attemptApiRequest then skips truncation because 6 < MAX_CONTEXT_WINDOW_RETRIES is false. With auto-approval enabled, the fallback recursively retries without a separate limit.

Keep the positive history attempt, but use an independent counter for context-window recovery. Increment that counter only for context-window retries and reset it for the new approved attempt.

The automatic mid-stream path already incremented retryAttempt before this PR. The PR adds the approved path that preserves this inflated value, so the shared-counter issue is pre-existing but remains actionable in the new capped-retry flow.

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Review comment at @src/core/task/Task.ts at line 4701:
Update the approval retry flow around retryAttempt so history attempts remain
positive without controlling context-window recovery: track context-window
retries with an independent counter, increment it only for those retries, and
reset it when starting a newly approved attempt. Ensure attemptApiRequest
applies its recovery limit to that dedicated counter.

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midStreamAutoRetries: 0,
})
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the history attempt separate from the automatic retry count.

On a confirmed retry, this stack item reuses currentUserContent but sets retryAttempt to zero. Line 4014 then passes the same retry state that added the first user message to shouldAddUserMessageToHistory. A non-empty request can append that user message again. Keep the history attempt positive while resetting a separate automatic-retry count. As per path instructions, check “persistence and lifecycle invariants” and “safe restart/resume without lost or duplicated state.”

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Review comment at @src/core/task/Task.ts around lines 4707 - 4711:
The confirmed-retry stack item currently resets retryAttempt to zero, causing
shouldAddUserMessageToHistory to treat the reused currentUserContent as a new
history attempt and duplicate the user message. Update the stack push near
shouldAddUserMessageToHistory so the history-attempt state remains positive
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continue
}

// Stream failed - log the error and retry with the same content
// The existing rate limiting will prevent rapid retries
console.error(
`[Task#${this.taskId}.${this.instanceId}] Stream failed, will retry: ${streamingFailedMessage}`,
)

// Apply exponential backoff similar to first-chunk errors when auto-resubmit is enabled
const stateForBackoff = await this.providerRef.deref()?.getState()
if (stateForBackoff?.autoApprovalEnabled) {
await this.backoffAndAnnounce(currentItem.retryAttempt ?? 0, error)
// Apply exponential backoff similar to first-chunk errors
await this.backoffAndAnnounce(midStreamRetryAttempt, error)

// Check if task was aborted during the backoff
if (this.abort) {
console.log(
`[Task#${this.taskId}.${this.instanceId}] Task aborted during mid-stream retry backoff`,
)
this.setAbortReason("user_cancelled")
await this.abortTask()
break
}
// Check if task was aborted during the backoff
if (this.abort) {
console.log(
`[Task#${this.taskId}.${this.instanceId}] Task aborted during mid-stream retry backoff`,

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await this.abortTask()
break
}

// Push the same content back onto the stack to retry, incrementing the retry attempt counter
stack.push({
userContent: currentUserContent,
includeFileDetails: false,
retryAttempt: (currentItem.retryAttempt ?? 0) + 1,
midStreamAutoRetries: midStreamRetryAttempt + 1,
})

// Continue to retry the request
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apiConfiguration: mockApiConfig,
autoApprovalEnabled: false,
})
// A persistent mid-stream failure asks the user; these tests confirm the retry.
vi.spyOn(task, "ask").mockResolvedValue({ response: "yesButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
vi.spyOn(task.diffViewProvider, "reset").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
return task
}
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})
})

describe("persistent mid-stream failure", () => {
async function* idleTimeoutStream(): AsyncGenerator<ApiStreamChunk> {
yield { type: "text", text: "partial answer" }
throw new Error("Provider ended the request: Upstream idle timeout exceeded.")
}

// 5 is MAX_MID_STREAM_AUTO_RETRIES: the first attempt plus 5 automatic retries.
it.each([
{ autoApprovalEnabled: true, expectedAttempts: 6, expectedBackoffAttempts: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] },
{ autoApprovalEnabled: false, expectedAttempts: 1, expectedBackoffAttempts: [] },
])(
"asks the user instead of retrying forever (autoApprovalEnabled=$autoApprovalEnabled)",
async ({ autoApprovalEnabled, expectedAttempts, expectedBackoffAttempts }) => {
vi.spyOn(mockProvider, "getState").mockResolvedValue(
providerStateWith({ autoApprovalEnabled, requestDelaySeconds: 0 }),
)
const task = new Task({
provider: mockProvider,
apiConfiguration: mockApiConfig,
task: "test task",
startTask: false,
})
vi.spyOn(task.diffViewProvider, "reset").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "safeEnsureModelFetched").mockResolvedValue(stubModelInfo)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "presentAssistantMessageSafe").mockImplementation(() => {})
const backoffSpy = vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "backoffAndAnnounce").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
const askSpy = vi
.spyOn(task, "ask")
.mockResolvedValue({ response: "noButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
const attemptApiRequestSpy = vi
.spyOn(task, "attemptApiRequest")
.mockImplementation(() => idleTimeoutStream())

// Declining ends the turn: the "API request failed" error is handled inside the loop,
// so the call resolves rather than rejecting.
await expect(task.recursivelyMakeClineRequests([{ type: "text", text: "long request" }])).resolves.toBe(
true,
)

expect(attemptApiRequestSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(expectedAttempts)
expect(backoffSpy.mock.calls.map(([attempt]) => attempt)).toEqual(expectedBackoffAttempts)
expect(askSpy).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
expect(askSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith("api_req_failed", expect.stringContaining("idle timeout"))
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Test approval after the automatic retry cap.

This case declines at the cap, so it cannot detect a retry that retains the exhausted midStreamAutoRetries count after approval. Add a case that approves the first capped prompt. Assert that the next persistent failure starts automatic backoff at attempt 0 and reaches the prompt again only after five more automatic retries. As per path instructions, require “regression coverage at the lowest valid harness with behavior-focused assertions, including relevant negative, error, false/unset, and boundary cases.”

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Review comment at @src/core/task/__tests__/Task.spec.ts around lines 665 - 668:
Extend the retry-cap test around `askSpy` to cover approving the first capped
prompt: verify the next persistent failure restarts automatic backoff at attempt
0 and prompts again only after five additional automatic retries. Keep the
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},
)

it("does not add the user message to history again when the user confirms a retry", async () => {
vi.spyOn(mockProvider, "getState").mockResolvedValue(
providerStateWith({ autoApprovalEnabled: false, requestDelaySeconds: 0 }),
)
const task = new Task({
provider: mockProvider,
apiConfiguration: mockApiConfig,
task: "test task",
startTask: false,
})
vi.spyOn(task.diffViewProvider, "reset").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "safeEnsureModelFetched").mockResolvedValue(stubModelInfo)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "presentAssistantMessageSafe").mockImplementation(() => {})
const historySpy = vi
.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "addToApiConversationHistory")
.mockResolvedValue(undefined)
const askSpy = vi
.spyOn(task, "ask")
.mockResolvedValueOnce({ response: "yesButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
.mockResolvedValue({ response: "noButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
const attemptApiRequestSpy = vi
.spyOn(task, "attemptApiRequest")
.mockImplementation(() => idleTimeoutStream())

await expect(task.recursivelyMakeClineRequests([{ type: "text", text: "long request" }])).resolves.toBe(
true,
)

expect(askSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
expect(attemptApiRequestSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
const userMessages = historySpy.mock.calls.filter(
([message]) => (message as { role: string }).role === "user",
)
expect(userMessages).toHaveLength(1)
})
})

describe("native tool-call request isolation", () => {
it("derives readiness only from a closed, idle, fully paired tool turn", () => {
const task = new Task({
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startTask: false,
})

// Mid-stream failures ask the user; confirm the retry.
vi.spyOn(task, "ask").mockResolvedValue({ response: "yesButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
vi.spyOn(task.diffViewProvider, "reset").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "safeEnsureModelFetched").mockResolvedValue(stubModelInfo)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "presentAssistantMessageSafe").mockImplementation(() => {})
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startTask: false,
})

// Mid-stream failures ask the user; confirm the retry.
vi.spyOn(task, "ask").mockResolvedValue({ response: "yesButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
vi.spyOn(task.diffViewProvider, "reset").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "safeEnsureModelFetched").mockResolvedValue(stubModelInfo)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "presentAssistantMessageSafe").mockImplementation(() => {})
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startTask: false,
})

// Mid-stream failures ask the user; confirm the retry.
vi.spyOn(task, "ask").mockResolvedValue({ response: "yesButtonClicked" } satisfies TaskAskResult)
vi.spyOn(task.diffViewProvider, "reset").mockResolvedValue(undefined)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "safeEnsureModelFetched").mockResolvedValue(stubModelInfo)
vi.spyOn(getTaskTestAccess(task), "presentAssistantMessageSafe").mockImplementation(() => {})
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